Jacob keese



(No Model.)

- J. KEENE.

WIRE FULLER.

No. 288,241. Patented Nov. 13, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Grinch,

JACOB KEENE, OF MIDDLETOW'N, NEW' YORK.

WIRE-FULLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,241, dated November 13, 1883. Application filed April 14, 1883. No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB KEENE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Middletown, in the cdunty of Orange, Stateof New York, have invented a certain new and Improved Wire-Puller, of which the following is an exact specification, to be more fully understood by reference to the drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device, and Fig.2 a detail section on the line 1 2, Fig. 1.

The instrument which I have invented is intended, primarily, to seize and firmly hold wires and similar objects, and may also be used for many of the other purposes for which wrenches and nippers are used.

It consists, essentially, of two levers, A B, one of which, A, has a curved and hooked end, E, and the other, B, has a pivot, e, at its corresponding end, which fits into the hook of the lever A. At their other ends the levers are linked or secured together in the manner shown in the drawings, and are so inclined to each other that power applied to the links in the direction of the levers will tend to draw the levers together, tightly grasping a wire or. other object between two pads, a b, on the inner surface of thedevers. These pads have roughened surfaces, and are pivoted in the levers, as at 0, so as to have a slight rocking motion upon the curved bearing-surfaces of the levers, whereby they will adapt themselves to any surface of the object grasped.

The curved end (if the lever A is slotted at cl, so as to permit of the passage of the wire, which it is desired to grasp and pull in the direction of its length; and by thus slotting this lever and pivoting it to the other in a detachable manner I gain in cheapness of construc tion and in the ease with which the tool can be manipulated. The wire passing through the slot will be guarded thereby from bending in so sharp a manner as to injure its strength;

The operation of the tool and the facility with which it can be used and shifted will be seen from the drawings, where 9 represents the end of a fence or telegraph wire to be stretched in the direction of the links. Power being applied to the links in the direction of the levers, the greater the strain the tighter will be the grasp, and no bend or angle will be made in the wire.

Without the links the instrument will form a useful tool for hand use.

What I claim is- 1. The wire puller or stretcher consisting of the two detachable second-class levers A B, one of whichis slotted and hooked at its hearing end, so as to engage with the pivot e on the otherlever and furnish a guide for the wire or other object to be grasped.

2. The wire puller or stretcher consisting of the two second-class levers A B, having the graspingpads a b, one lever having the slotsecond- 

